Anderson Farm's Ready for the Cut-Your-Own Christmas Tree Rush
State's plan to purchase the business' entrance for Ridge Road won't doom the farm, which has already built a new shop/warming center and animal pens.
When the state calls to say they want a chunk of your land, including the entrance to your business, you either fold up your tent and call it a day or come up with plan B. Karen Anderson went with plan B, which means that while this may be the last year you’ll see the little wooden house and plywood Santa at the Route 126 entrance to Anderson Tree Farm – the state’s extension of Ridge Road is going straight down her driveway – her cut-your-own Christmas tree business isn’t going anywhere. Anderson, whose father started the rural Plainfield tree farm in 1969, has already relocated the gift shop/warming center to a new, more spacious building and erected new pens for her menagerie of petting zoo animals. When the state completes Ridge Road, …
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Jenny L.
9:21 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
We went today (12-2-12) and had a wonderful 2 hours! The people were friendly and helpful. The "junk" is a collection of Ice Cream Trucks from 1965-1979 that had to be moved out of a barn to make room for a road to be built through the property. We talked to the owner and her brother and found out the history and plans for the farm before judging. We loved our day there. more ›